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Mar 30, 2012 at 8:58pm | Filed Under “Honest Abe Fact Check”

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“Moneyball”

Lacking the depth of character and rich detail of Michael Lewis's book, director Bennett Miller and company take ample creative liberties, though the result is the best baseball movie in years. More

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James M. McPherson

Professor of History Emeritus, Princeton University

Professor James McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History Ameritus at Princeton University. He is also a member of the editorial board of Encyclopaedia Britannica. He won the Pulitzer Prize for "Battle Cry of Freedom" and his most recent book "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as... More

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Kim Birbrower

Big Picture Instructional, President and CEO
Fred L. Borch III

U.S. Army (Ret.) Historian
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Producer and Executive, The American Film Company
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Kurt Graver

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Brendan Higgins

Researcher, History and Film Studies
Kate Clifford Larson

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Thomas R. Turner

Professor and Historian, Bridgewater State College

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“Frost/Nixon”

Feb 22, 2010 at 4:49pm | Filed Under “Hollywood History Showdown: Films”

Ron Howard is no stranger to American history. Having found great success with APOLLO 13 and A BEAUTIFUL MIND, 2005's CINDERELLA MAN disappointed in its profits. So Howard went smaller. He looked to the stage and Peter Morgan's critically acclaimed play "Frost/Nixon."

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“Seabiscuit”

Feb 22, 2010 at 4:32pm | Filed Under “Hollywood History Showdown: Films”

Laura Hillenbrand probably never anticipated her non-fiction horseracing book would become a Best Picture nominee, grossing more than $120 million at the box office. Gary Ross set out to make a period film that would hopefully capture the hearts of movie audiences, just as his equine subject did sixty-five years earlier.

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“Black Hawk Down”

Feb 22, 2010 at 4:26pm | Filed Under “Hollywood History Showdown: Films”

While many history-based films struggle to recreate the past because of the sheer lack of available record, films that focus on more recent history have a distinct advantage. Such is the case with Ridley Scott’s BLACK HAWK DOWN, based largely on Mark Bowden’s book of the same name.

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Professor and Historian, Bridgewater State College

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